Are you a beginner? The easiest thing to do initially is to knit something without a lot of fancy stitches or shaping like a bookmark, washcloth, throw pillow, or scarf. Depending on where you’re at with knitting, the smaller the better to start. You will need to know how to: cast on, knit garter stitch, and cast off.
complexity - lots of patterns/textures and shaping is slower to knit
yarn size - fatter yarn knits up faster than thinner
skill - obviously more experience = faster
how you knit (continental style vs english)
A sock can take 10+ hours to knit while a bookmark could
be knit in a few hours.
A bookmark would be a fun first project.
You should come out on knit/sew night and check things out.
I’ll be at open night tonight fixing sewing machines if you want to chat.
By the way - I have a useless attention span. It’s why I knit socks because you can easily knit round and round without paying attention while you’re watching TV.
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edit: the blog has moved, and any post about bookmarks has ceased to exist. http://wheremyknittasat.com/?s=bookmark
also: wool bookmarks? I’m skeptical. wouldn’t they be too thick?
If you use a lighter weight wool, it can work well. Another great first project is a knitted scarf, although it’s longer and takes quite a bit of time to do.
Chani - sorry we missed you last night. Hope to see you at the space sometime soon.
Dude - you totally nailed it! I don’t know how you managed all these years without a shot glass coaster! Thanks for coming out with your wife. I had a great time. We’ll have to do it again. Maybe add some routers to the mix.
I’m aiming to make a scarf, at this rate it should be ready for next summers scarf season.
Looking now at my knitting you can see where the several free drinks kicked in last night. Next knitting night I might be looking to the experts in the house for covering up some of my drunken blunders.
At the moment I’m trying to finish this scarf which I started last year. I’m not in love with the pattern because it requires me to pay attention…something I’m not so good at. Perhaps that’s why I started it last year and haven’t finished it yet. LOL. Here’s the free pattern if anyone else wants to similarly torture themselves.